Invite professionals to peer support workers' training courses, so they can discuss with them the nature of their role and how they fit into the service and so on. 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Many peer support workers may have to work with professionals who have treated them in the past, and staff may fail to treat them as professional equals or continue to view them as 'patients'.

Challenge equal relationship

Repper, J., & Carter, T. (2011). A review of the literature on peer support in mental health services. Journal of mental health, 20(4), 392-411. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2011.583947

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